Contents
Atmosphere Systems and Processes.............................1
The Effects of Nitrogen Deposition, Ambient Ozone, and Climate Change on
Forests in the Western U.S........................................................................................................ 2
M.E. Fenn is a Research Plant Pathologist with the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station,
Riverside, CA
Critical Loads and Levels: Leveraging Existing Monitoring Data........................................... 9
D. G. Fox, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO
A. R. Riebau, USDA Forest Service, Research and Development, Washington, D.C.
R. Fisher, USDA Forest Service, Air Resources Program, Washington, D.C.
Monitoring Forest Condition in Europe: Impacts of Nitrogen and Sulfur
Depositions on Forest Ecosystems.......................................................................................... 18
M. Lorenz, G. Becher and V. Mues are forest scientists at the Federal Research Centre for
Forestry and Forest Products, Leuschnerstr. 91, D-21031 Hamburg, Germany
E. Ulrich, soil scientist, Office National des Forêts, Boulevard de Constance, F-77300 Fontainebleau, France
Critical Levels as Applied to Ozone for North American Forests........................................... 26
Robert C. Musselman, Plant Physiologist, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station,
Fort Collins, CO
Canadian Experiences in Development of Critical Loads for Sulphur and Nitrogen........... 33
Shaun Watmough, biogeochemist, Department of Environmental and Resource Studies,
Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario K9J 7B8, Canada
Julian Aherne, biogeochemist, Department of Environmental and Resource Studies, Trent University,
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Paul Arp, Professor, Faculty of Forestry and Environment Management, University of New Brunswick
Fredericton, NB, Canada
Ian DeMerchant, GIS specialist, Canadian Forest Service, Atlantic Forestry Centre, Fredericton, NB, Canada
Rock Ouimet, forest soil science scientist, Direction de la recherche forestière, Forêt Québec, Ministere des
Ressources Naturelles du Québec, Sainte-Foy, QC, Canada
Biosphere Systems and Processes...............................39
Putting Adaptive Management into Monitoring: Retrospective and Prospective Views
of Northwest Forest Plan Monitoring.................................................................................... 40
David E. Busch, Senior Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey Western Region, Regional Ecosystem Office,
Portland, OR
Jon R. Martin, Northwest Forest Plan, Interagency Monitoring Program Manager, U.S. Forest Service,
Portland, OR
Conceptual Frameworks for Monitoring of High-altitude Andean Ecosystems.................... 45
David E. Busch, Senior Biologist, U.S.Geological Survey Western Region, Regional Ecosystem Office,
Portland, OR
Xavier Silva is Director, IDB-TNC Ecoregional Project for South America, Teacher & Lecturer,
San Francisco de Quito University, Quito, Ecuador
Remote Sensing of Saltcedar Biological Control Effectiveness............................................... 50
Ray Carruthers, Ecologist and Research Leader, USDA-ARS, Exotic and Invasive Weed Research Unit,
Albany, CA
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Gerald Anderson, Ecologist and Remote Sensing Specialist, USDA-ARS Northern Plains Agricultural
Research Lab in Sidney, MT
Jack DeLoach, Research Entomologist and Lead Scientist, Saltcedar Biological Control Project at the
USDA-ARS, Grasslands Soil and Water Research Laboratory, Temple, TX
Jeff Knight, State Entomologist, Nevada Department of Agriculture, Reno, NV
Shaokui Ge, Research Affiliate, University of California Berkeley, CA
Peng Gong, Professor and Co-Director, Remote Sensing Lab, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Herpetological Communities of the Middle Rio Grande Bosque: What Do We Know,
What Should We Know, and Why?....................................................................................... 57
Alice L. Chung-MacCoubrey, Research Wildlife Biologist, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain
Research Station, Albuquerque, NM
Heather L. Bateman, Graduate Student, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Relevance of the Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable Criteria and Indicators for
Sustainable Rangeland Management to Conditions in Patagonia (Argentina)................. 67
Andrés F. Cibils, Assistant Professor, Range Science, Department of Animal and Range Sciences,
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Gabriel E. Oliva, Research Scientist, INTA-EEA Santa Cruz and Professor at the Universidad
Nacional de la Patagonia Austral, Casilla 332, (9400) Río Gallegos, Argentina
Groundwater, Vegetation, and Atmosphere: Comparative Riparian Evapotranspiration,
Restoration, and Water Salvage............................................................................................. 75
J. R. Cleverly, Research Assistant Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, University of
New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
C. N. Dahm, Professor of Biology, J. R. Thibault, Riparian Ecologist, and D. McDonnell,
Graduate Student, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
J. E. Allred Coonrod, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering,
University of New Mexico
Monitoring to Protect the Character of Individual Wildernesses........................................... 81
David N. Cole, Research Biologist, Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula, MT
Planning for Large Scale Habitat Restoration in the Socorro Valley, New Mexico............... 86
Gina Dello Russo, Ecologist at the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge and a U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service representative to the Socorro Save our Bosque Task Force, Socorro, NM
Yasmeen Najmi, Planner at the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District and Vice- Chairperson of the
Socorro Save Our Bosque Task Force, Albuquerque, NM
Overview of Saltcedar Biological Control................................................................................. 92
C. Jack DeLoach, Research Entomologist and Lead Scientist, Saltcedar Biological Control Project
Lindsey R. Milbrath, Research Entomologist, USDA-ARS, Grasslands Soil and Water Research
Laboratory, Temple, TX
Ray Carruthers, Ecologist and Research Leader, USDA-ARS, Exotic and Invasive Weed Research Unit,
Albany, CA
Allen E. Knutson , Professor and Extension Entomologist, Texas A&M University Research & Extension
Center, Dallas, TX
Fred Nibling and Debra Eberts, Research Botanists, U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation,
Ecological Research & Investigations Group, Denver, CO
David C. Thompson, Research Entomologist, Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology & Weed
Science, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
David J. Kazmer, Research Entomologist, USDA-ARS, Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory,
Sidney, MT
Tom L. Dudley, Research Entomologist, University of Nevada, Department Environmental & Resource
Science, Reno, NV
Dan W. Bean, Research Entomologist, Department of Vegetable Crops, University of California at Davis,
Albany, CA
Jeff B. Knight, State Entomologist, Nevada Department of Agriculture, Reno, NV
The Laws of Diminishing Yields in the Tropics....................................................................... 100
R. Derpsch, Ing. Agr. MSc., Senior Advisor to MAG-GTZ Soil Conservation Proyect, Casilla de
Correo 1859, Asunción, Paraguay
M. Florentín, Ing. Agr. MSc., DIA, Campo Experimental de Choré, Proyecto Conservación de Suelos
MAG-GTZ, Casilla de Correo 1859, Asunción, Paraguay
K. Moriya, Ing. Agr. MSc., DEAG, Coordinador Contraparte, Proyecto Conservación de Suelos MAG-GTZ,
Casilla de Correo 1859, Asunción, Paraguay
Toward a Framework for Conducting Ecoregional Threats Assessments............................ 105
Jamison Ervin and Jeffrey Parrish
Monitoring Bird Populations in Relation to Fuel Loads and Fuel Treatments in
Riparian Woodlands with Tamarisk and Russian Olive Understories............................. 113
Deborah M. Finch, Project Leader; June Galloway, Wildlife Biologist; and David Hawksworth, Biological
Technician, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Albuquerque, NM
Soil and Water Indicators of the Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable................................ 121
M.G. “Sherm” Karl, Inventory & Monitoring Specialist, National Science & Technology Center, Bureau
of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, Denver Federal Center, Lakewood, CO
D.A. Pyke, Research Rangeland Ecologist, Forest & Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, U.S.
Geological Survey, Corvallis, OR
P.T. Tueller, Professor Emeritus of Range Ecology, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental
Science, University of Nevada, Reno, NV
G.E. Schuman, Soil Scientist, Rangeland Resource Research Unit, High Plains Grasslands Research
Station, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cheyenne, WY
R.W. Shafer, Operations Research Analyst, Office of Environmental Information, Quality Staff,
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC
S.J. Borchard, Deputy Group Manager, Rangeland Soil Water and Air Group, Bureau of Land Management,
U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC
D.T. Booth, Rangeland Scientist, Rangeland Resource Research Unit, High Plains Grasslands Research
Station, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cheyenne, WY
W.G. Ypsilantis, Soil Condition and Health Specialist, National Science & Technology Center, Bureau of
Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, Denver Federal Center, Lakewood, CO
R.H. Barrett, Jr., Rangeland Management Specialist, Oregon State Office, Bureau of Land Management, U.S.
Department of the Interior, Portland, OR
An Overview of University of Alaska Anchorage, ENRI Research on the Spruce Bark
Beetle Infestation, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, 1997–2002.................................................... 132
Vernon J. LaBau, University of Alaska Anchorage, Environment and Natural Resource Institute,
Anchorage, AK
Ground-Based Photomonitoring of Ecoregional Ecological Changes in Northwestern
Yunnan, China....................................................................................................................... 140
James P. Lassoie, Professor, International Conservation and Kiran E. Goldman, Project Assistant,
Department of Natural Resources, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
Robert K. Moseley, Director of Conservation Science, The Nature Conservancy, Kunming, Yunnan, 650051,
China
Carbon Pools—Checking the Deep End, Before Diving In (The ME Experience).............. 152
K. M. Laustsen, Biometrician, Maine Forest Service, Department of Conservation, Augusta, ME
Analyzing the Economics of Tamarisk in the Pecos, Rio Grande, and Colorado River
Watersheds............................................................................................................................. 161
Lewis, Joseph W., Economist Forest Health Protection, Arlington, VA
Basala, Allen; Zavaleta; Erika; Parker; Douglas L.; Taylor, John; Horner, Mark; Dionigi, Christopher;
Carlson, Timothy, Spiller, Samuel; and Nibling, Frederick
Monitoring Insects to Maintain Biodiversity in Ogawa Forest Reserve............................... 164
S. Makino, T. Inoue, K. Hamaguchi, K. Okabe, M., and I. Okochi, entomologists, and H. Tanaka, botanist,
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Matsunosato 1, Tsukuba, 305-8687, Japan
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H. Goto, entomologist, Kyushu Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute,
Kumamoto, 860-0862, Japan
M. Hasegawa, soil zoologist, Kiso experimental station, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute,
Nagano 397-0001, Japan
M. Sueyoshi, entomologist, Department of Systematic Biology, Entomology Section, National Museum of
Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA
Social and Economic Indicators of the Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable...................... 168
John E. Mitchell, Rangeland Scientist, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO
Daniel W. McCallum, Research Economist, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO
Lewis E. Swanson, Head, Dept. of Sociology, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO
John Tanaka, Professor, Oregon State University, Union, OR
Mark Brunson, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Environment and Society, Utah State University, Logan, UT
Aaron Harp, Director, Caldwell Research and Extension Center, University of Idaho, Caldwell, ID
L. Allen Torell, Professor, Dept. Agricultural Economics, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
H. Theodore Heintz. Asst. Dir. for Economic Analysis, U.S. Dept. of Interior, Washington, DC
Monitoring Riparian Restoration: A Management Perspective............................................ 177
Yasmeen Najmi, Planner, and Sterling Grogan, Biologist and Planner, Middle Rio Grande Conservancy
District, Albuquerque, NM
Urban Forest Health Monitoring in the United States........................................................... 181
David J. Nowak, Project Leader, Robert Hoehn, Biological Science Technician, Jeffrey T. Walton,
Research Forester, Daniel E. Crane, Information Technology Specialist, and Jack C. Stevens, Forester,
USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, Syracuse, NY
Daniel Twardus, Forest Health Specialist, and Anne Cumming, Urban Forester, USDA Forest Service,
Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry Morgantown, WV
Manfred Mielke, Forest Health Monitoring Specialist, USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Area State and
Private Forestry, St. Paul, MN
Bill Smith, Research Quantitative Ecologist, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Forest
Sciences Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, NC
Monitoring Patagonian Rangelands: The MARAS System................................................... 188
Oliva, Gabriel, INTA EEA Santa Cruz. Chacra 45 A 9400 Rio Gallegos Santa Cruz Argentina
Juan Escobar, INTA EEA Chubut, Guillermo Siffredi, INTA EEA Bariloche, Jorge Salomone,
INTA EEA Chubut, and Gustavo Buono, INTA EEA Chubut
Nonnative Invasive Plants in South Carolina: Combining Phase-2 with Phase-3
Vegetation Structure and Diversity Pilot Data to Enhance our Understanding
of Forest Health Issues.......................................................................................................... 194
Sonja N. Oswalt, Forest Resource Analyst, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Knoxville, TN
Socioeconomic Root Causes of Biodiversity Loss in Madagascar......................................... 203
Anitry N. Ratsifandrihamanana, Conservation Director, WWF Madagascar and West Indian Ocean Program
Office, Antananarivo, Madagascar
Dawn Montanye, Senior Program Officer, Macroeconomics Program Office, Poverty and Environment
Program, WWF-US, Washington, DC
Sarah Christiansen, Senior Program Officer, Endangered Spaces Program, WWF-US; and Sheila O’Connor,
Director, Conservation Measures and Audits, WWF International, Avenue du Mont-Blanc, 1196 Gland,
Switzerland
Tamarisk Mapping and Monitoring Using High Resolution Satellite Imagery................... 213
Jason W. San Souci, Director of Remote Sensing Applications, Native Communities Development
Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO
John T. Doyle, Sales Manager, DigitalGlobe, Inc., Monument, CO
Monitoring Ecosystems and Biodiversity at a Continental Scale—A Proposal for
South America........................................................................................................................ 216
Dr. Xavier Silva, Director, IDB-TNC Ecoregional Project, South America. Teacher and Lecturer,
San Francisco de Quito University. Board Member, OÏKOS Foundation
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An Overview of Inventory and Monitoring and the Role of FIA in National
Assessments............................................................................................................................ 223
W. Brad Smith, Associate National Program Manager for Forest Inventory and Analysis, USDA Forest Service
Research & Development, Washington, DC
Wildfire, Exotic Vegetation, and Breeding Bird Habitat in the Rio Grande Bosque.......... 230
D. Max Smith, Graduate Student, Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma
Biological Survey, Norman, OK
Jeff F. Kelly, Assistant Professor of Zoology, University of Oklahoma and Heritage Zoologist, Oklahoma
Biological Survey
Deborah M. Finch, Project Leader, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station,
Albuquerque, NM
Saltcedar and Southwestern Willow Flycatchers: Lessons From Long-term Studies in
Central Arizona..................................................................................................................... 238
M. K. Sogge and E. H. Paxton, Researchers, U.S. Geological Survey Southwest Biological Science Center,
Flagstaff, AZ
April A. Tudor, Biologist, Arizona Game and Fish Department, Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program,
Phoenix, AZ
Monitoring Late-Successional Forest Biodiversity in the Pacific Northwest, U.S.A........... 242
Thomas A. Spies, Research Ecologist, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station,
Corvallis, OR
Jon R. Martin, Monitoring Program Manager, USDA Forest Service, Portland, OR
Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Program—Monitoring Effectiveness of Sustainable
Forest Management Planning............................................................................................... 246
J. John Stadt, Forest Ecologist, Forest Management Branch, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development,
Edmonton AB T5K 2M4 Canada
Jim Schieck, Research Ecologist, Integrated Resource Management, Alberta Research Council, Vegreville
AB T9C 1T4 Canada
Harry Stelfox, Senior Manager Intergovernmental Relations and Resource Policy, Policy and Planning,
Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, Edmonton AB T5K 2G8 Canada
Aerial Treatment of Salt Cedar Within Threatened and Endangered Species
Habitat—A Success Story..................................................................................................... 254
Nyleen H. Troxel Stowe, Director of Special Projects, Program Manager, Socorro Soil & Water
Conservation District, Socorro County Noxious Weed Coordinator, Socorro, NM
Sequencing Conservation Actions Through Threat Assessments in the Southeastern
United States.......................................................................................................................... 257
Robert D. Sutter, Senior Conservation Ecologist, and Christopher C. Szell, Conservation Ecologist,
The Nature Conservancy, Southern U.S. Regional Office, Durham, NC
Monitoring of Biodiversity Indicators in Boreal Forests: A Need for Improved Focus...... 267
Ian D. Thompson
Southwestern Avian Community Organization in Exotic Tamarix: Current Patterns
and Future Needs................................................................................................................... 274
H. A. Walker, doctoral candidate, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM,
and seasonal Wildlife Biologist, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, Albuquerque,
NM
Monitoring the Relationship Between the Public and Public Lands: Application to
Wilderness Stewardship in the U.S...................................................................................... 287
Alan Watson, Research Social Scientist, Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, USDA Forest
Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula, MT
William Borrie, Associate Professor, College of Forestry and Conservation, Department of Conservation
and Society, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT
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The Politics and Science of Tamarisk....................................................................................... 294
Philip Westra, Professor, Weed Science, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO
Changes in Riparian Vegetation Buffers in Response to Development in Three Oregon
Cities....................................................................................................................................... 296
J. A. Yeakley, Associate Professor, Environmental Science, C. P. Ozawa, Professor of Urban Studies and
Planning, and A. M. Hook, Research Associate, Environmental Science, Portland State University,
Portland, OR
Hydrosphere Systems and Processes........................303
Regional Monitoring of Coral Condition in the Florida Keys............................................... 304
William S. Fisher, Deborah L. Santavy, William P. Davis and Lee A. Courtney, research biologists with the
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Health
and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Gulf Ecology Division, Gulf Breeze, FL
Use of EMAP Freshwater and Marine Data in EPA Region 10............................................. 312
Gretchen A. Hayslip, C. Lorraine Edmond, and Lillian G. Herger, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Seattle, WA
From Marshes to the Continental Shelf: Results of the Western Component of the
US EPA National Coastal Assessment.................................................................................. 319
W. G. Nelson, H. Lee II, J. O. Lamberson, Pacific Coastal Ecology Branch, Western Ecology Division,
National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Newport OR
An Integrated Monitoring Approach Using Multiple Reference Sites to Assess
Sustainable Restoration in Coastal Louisiana.................................................................... 326
Gregory D. Steyer, senior Wetland Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research
Center, Coastal Restoration Field Station, Baton Rouge, LA
Robert R. Twilley, Director, Wetland Biogeochemistry Institute, Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, LA
Richard C. Raynie, Coastal Resources Scientist Manager, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources,
Coastal Restoration Division, Baton Rouge, LA
Assessment of Eutrophication in Estuaries: Pressure-State-Response and Source
Apportionment....................................................................................................................... 334
David Whitall and Suzanne Bricker, staff scientists, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, N/SCI
SSMC4, Silver Spring, MD
Rhizosphere Systems and Processes.........................343
Use of Data Layering to Address Changes in Nitrogen Management Zone Delineation.... 344
D.W. Franzen, Extension Soil Specialist, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
T. Nanna, graduate student, North Dakota State University
Contributions to Improve Fallow System in Yucatan State Mexico..................................... 350
Gabriel Uribe Valle, M.C., Investigador INIFAP-CIR-Sureste C.E Uxmal. Apdo .Post # 50 Unidad
administrativa # 4. Mérida Yucatán, México
Juan Jiménez-Osornio, Ph D. Jefe Del Departamento De Manejo Y Conservación De Recursos Naturales
Tropicales. Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia. Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán. Apdo.
Post. #28 Cordemx 97110. Mérida Yucatán, México
Roberto Dzib Echeverría, M.C. Investigador INIFAP-CIR-Sureste C.E Uxmal. Apdo .Post # 50 Unidad
administrativa # 4. Mérida Yucatán. México
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Historic Hydroclimatic Variability in Northern Mexico........................................................ 354
José Villanueva-Diaz, dendrochronologist, INIFAP CENID – RASPA; Km 6.5 Margen Derecha del Canal
Sacramento, Gómez Palacio, Durango, Mexico
J. Cerano-Paredes, D.W. Stahle, B. H. Luckman, M.D. Therrell, M.K. Cleaveland, and G. Gutierrez-Garcia
A Carbon Inventory for Mexico............................................................................................... 365
L. Wood, Senior Associate and Remote Sensing Specialist, and D. A. Hughell, Associate and GIS
Specialist, ARD, Inc., Burlington VT
H. G. Lund, Forest Inventory Specialist, Forest Information Services, Gainesville, VA
V. E. Torres, Remote Sensing Specialist, Prextec, Nicolas San Juan 360, Col. de Valle, México
Mario Pérez-Chavéz, Biologist and President, GEOSFERA, Adolfo Ruiz Cortinez, 209, Aguascalientes,
México
Society and Nature Interactions..............................375
Human and Nature Interactions: A Dynamic Land Base of Many Goods
and Services............................................................................................................................ 376
Ralph J. Alig, Team Leader and Research Forester, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research
Station, Corvallis, OR
The Resource Buffer Theory: Connecting the Dots from Conservation to
Sustainability.......................................................................................................................... 385
Peter E. Black, Professor, Water and Related Land Resources, Emeritus, SUNY College of
Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY
What’s Law Got to Do with It? The Relationship of Law to Environmental Systems
Management and Sustainability Research.......................................................................... 391
N. Theresa Hoagland, Attorney and an Environmental Protection Specialist, U. S. Environmental
Protection Agency, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH
Establishing Empirical Bases for Sustainability Objectives.................................................. 395
Lawrence Martin, Biologist, US EPA Office of Research and Development in the Office of Science
Policy, Washington, DC
Ecologic, Economic, and Social Considerations for Rangeland Sustainability:
An Integrated Conceptual Framework............................................................................... 403
Daniel W. McCollum, economist, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station,
Fort Collins, CO
H. Theodore Heintz, Jr., economist, US Dept of the Interior and Council on Environmental Quality,
Washington, DC
Aaron J. Harp, self-employed sociologist, Ann Arbor, MI
John A. Tanaka, economist, Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center, Union, OR
Gary R. Evans, College of Natural Resources, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University,
Northern Virginia Center, Alexandria, VA
David Radloff, Sustainable Development, State & Private Forestry, USDA Forest Service,
Washington, DC
Louis E. Swanson, Chair, Dept. of Sociology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
William E. Fox, III, rangeland ecologist, Texas Water Resources Institute, Texas A&M University,
College Station, TX
Michael G. “Sherm” Karl, Inventory and Monitoring Specialist with the Bureau of Land Management,
Colorado State Office, Lakewood, CO
John E. Mitchell, rangeland scientist, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station,
Fort Collins, CO
A New Dimension in Evolution: Impacts of Human Consciousness on Sustainability—
and Beyond............................................................................................................................. 410
Charles M. McKenna, Jr.
Relating Change Patterns to Anthropogenic Processes to Assess Sustainability:
A Case Study in Amazonia.................................................................................................... 430
Libia Patricia Peralta Agudelo, GIS Senior Lecturer and Research Associate, CEFET-PR and the
Institute of Sustainable Development, Paraná, Brazil
Disembedded Ideologies, Embedded Alternatives: Agricultural Biotechnology,
Legitimacy, and the WTO..................................................................................................... 439
Mark J. Philbrick, President, Terranet Consulting, Inc., San Francisco, CA
Human Institutions and Processes...........................447
Using Biodiversity Indicators to Assess the Success of Forecasting Adaptive
Ecosystem Management: The Newfoundland and Labrador Experience....................... 448
C. Sean Dolter, Project Manager, Western Newfoundland Model Forest Inc., Corner Brook, NL
The Ontario Benthos Biomonitoring Network........................................................................ 455
Chris Jones, Benthic Biomonitoring Scientist, Ontario Ministry of Environment, Dorset Environmental
Science Centre, Dorset, Ontario, Canada, P0A 1E0
Brian Craig, Network Science Advisor, Environment Canada, Ecological Monitoring and Assessment
Network Coordinating Office, Burlington, Ontario, Canada, L7R 4A6
Nicole Dmytrow, intern, Ontario Ministry of Environment, Dorset Environmental Science Centre, Dorset,
Ontario, Canada, P0A 1E0
Tri Community Watershed Initiative: Towns of Black Diamond, Turner Valley and
Okotoks, Alberta, Canada Promoting Sustainable Behaviour in Watersheds and
Communities.......................................................................................................................... 462
Maureen Lynch is the Coordinator of the Tri Community Watershed Initiative, Black Diamond, AB, T0L 0H0
The Role of Institutions of Higher Education in Sustainability: The Comprehensive,
Public, Land-Grant University............................................................................................. 469
Patrick J. Pellicane, Ph.D., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
A Successful Experiment: The Boundary Spanner on the Bitterroot National Forest........ 475
Sharon Ritter, Research/Management Coordinator, Bitterroot National Forest, Hamilton, MT
Partnerships in Community-based Approaches to Achieving Sustainability:
The Atlantic Coastal Action Program.................................................................................. 481
F. Rousseau, Research and Liaison Officer, Environment Canada - Atlantic Region, Community and
Departmental Relations, Sustainable Communities and Ecosystems Division, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia,
Canada, B2Y 2N6
Colleen McNeil, Coordinator, Atlantic Coastal Action Program, Environment Canada - Atlantic Region,
Community and Departmental Relations, Sustainable Communities and Ecosystems Division,
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, B2Y 2N6
Larry Hildebrand, Manager, Atlantic Coastal Action Program, Environment Canada - Atlantic Region,
Community and Departmental Relations, Sustainable Communities and Ecosystems Division,
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, B2Y 2N6
Engaging Industry in Community Decision Making for a Sustainable Future................... 488
Brent Tegler, Applied Ecologist & Partner, North-South Environmental Inc., Campbellville, ON,
Canada L0P 1B0
Science, Communities, and Decision Making: How Can We Learn to Dance with
Many Partners?..................................................................................................................... 492
Liette Vasseur, Associate Vice president – Research/Vice Rectrice Adjointe à la Recherche, Laurentian
University/Université Laurentienne, Sudbury (Ontario) Canada P3E 2C6
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Sustainability Traditional Knowledge.......................499
GLOBE ONE: A Community-Based Environmental Field Campaign................................. 500
Rebecca Boger PhD, Peggy LeMone PhD, John McLaughlin, Sharon Sikora PhD, Sandra Henderson PhD
Devil’s in the Details: Using Archaeological and Historical Data to Refine Ecosystem
Models at the Local Level..................................................................................................... 505
Don Hann, Forest Archaeologist, Malheur National Forest, John Day, OR
Industrial Archaeology, Landscapes, and Historical Knowledge of Sustainability............. 514
Donald L. Hardesty, University of Nevada, Reno
Social Memory of Short-term and Long-term Variability in the Sahelian Climate............ 518
Roderick J. McIntosh, Professor of Anthropology, Rice University, Houston, TX
Resource-Balance Design and Monitoring: Assessing Sustainability of
FSEEC-LandLab as BSU’s First Sustainable Built-site.................................................... 521
J. L. Motloch, Professor of Landscape Architecture and Director of the Land Design Institute, Ball State
University, Muncie, IN
Sustainability for the Americas Initiative: Land Design Institute, Ball State
University............................................................................................................................... 533
J. L. Motloch, PhD, Professor of Landscape Architecture and Director of the Land Design Institute at
Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Pedro Pacheco, PhD, Professor of Architecture, TEC de Monterrey (ITESM), Monterrey, Mexico
Eloy F. Casagrande Jr., PhD, Mineral Resources Engineering and Environment, Professor of Sustainable
Development, Federal Center of Technological Education, Paraná, Brazil
The Role of Indigenous Knowledge in Biodiversity Assessment and Monitoring:
A Case Study in Uganda........................................................................................................ 543
Robinah K. Nanyunja, Research Scientist, Makerere University Institute of Environment and Natural
Resources (MUIENR), Kampala, Uganda, East Africa
Landscape Conservation and Social Tension in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest:
Challenges for Implementing Sustainability....................................................................... 550
Libia Patricia Peralta Agudelo, PhD, Landscape Ecology, GIS Senior Lecturer & Research Associate, CEFETPR, Institute of Sustainable Development, Paraná, Brazil
Maristela Marangon, Sociologist and Masters Degree Candidate, CEFET-PR, Paraná, Brazil
Visualizing the Anthropocene: Human Land Use History and Environmental
Management........................................................................................................................... 558
Richard D. Periman, Ph.D., Research Archaeologist, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research
Station, Cultural Heritage Research, Albuquerque, NM
Globalization Then and Now: Increasing Scale Reduces Local Sustainability.................... 565
Joseph A. Tainter, Project Leader, Cultural Heritage Research, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain
Research Station, Albuquerque, NM
Natural Processes and Impacts................................573
Assessment and Monitoring of Forest Ecosystem Structure................................................. 574
Oscar A. Aguirre Calderón, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, U.A.N.L., Apartado Postal 65,
67700 Linares, N. L., México
Javier Jiménez Pérez, and Horst Kramer
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International Center for Himalayan Biodiversity (ICHB): Conserving Himalayan
Biodiversity—A Global Responsibility................................................................................ 580
Ram Bhandari, Coordinator, International Centre for Himalayan Biodiversity, ICHB Secretariat
Integrating Vegetation Classification, Mapping, and Strategic Inventory for Forest
Management........................................................................................................................... 584
C. K. Brewer, I.A.A.A. Program Leader, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Remote Sensing Application Center,
Salt Lake City, UT
R. Bush, Inventory and Analysis Specialist, and D. Berglund, J. A. Barber, and S. R. Brown are
GIS/Remote Sensing Specialists, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Northern Region, Missoula, MT
High Resolution Wind Direction and Speed Information for Support of Fire
Operations.............................................................................................................................. 595
B. Butler, Research Engineer, J. Forthofer, Mechanical Engineer, M. Finney, Research Forester, and
L. Bradshaw, Meteorologist, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula, MT
R. Stratton, Forester, Systems for Environmental Management, Missoula, MT
B.W. Butler, J.M. Forthofer, M.A. Finney, L.S. Bradshaw, R. Stratton
Exploring Use of Climate Information in Wildland Fire Management: A Decision
Calendar Study...................................................................................................................... 603
Thomas W. Corringham, Department of Economics, UCSD, La Jolla, CA
Anthony L. Westerling, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Climate Research Division, La Jolla, CA
Barbara J. Morehouse, Institute for the Study of Planet Earth, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Monitoring Ecological Resources within U.S. National Parks: Developing “Vital Signs”
of Ecological Integrity for the Northeast Temperate Network.......................................... 614
Don Faber-Langendoen, Senior Ecologist, NatureServe and Adjunct Associate Professor, State University
of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF), Syracuse, NY
Geraldine Tierney, Post-doctoral Associate and James Gibbs, Associate Professor at SUNY ESF,
Syracuse, NY
Greg Shriver, Network Coordinator and Fred Dieffenbach, biologist/data manager, Northeast Temperate
Network, National Park Service, Woodstock, VT
Pam Lombard, hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Augusta, ME
Sustainable Forest Management Support Based on the Spatial Distribution of
Fuels for Fire Management................................................................................................... 623
José Germán Flores Garnica, Juan de Dios Benavides Solorio, and David Arturo Moreno Gonzalez,
Centro de Investigaciones del Pacífico Centro. INIFAP. Parque Los Colomos S/N, Col. Providencia.
Guadalajara, Jal.isco. México
Geostatistical Evaluation of Natural Tree Regeneration of a Disturbed Forest.................. 627
José Germán Flores Garnica, David Arturo Moreno Gonzalez, Juan de Dios Benavides Solorio
Centro de Investigaciones del Pacífico Centro. INIFAP. Parque Los Colomos S/N, Col. Providencia.
Guadalajara, Jal.isco. México
Economic Impact of Fire Weather Forecasts.......................................................................... 633
Don Gunasekera, Graham Mills, and Mark Williams, Australian Bureau of Meteorology,
Melbourne, Australia
Inventorying and Monitoring of Tropical Dry Forests Tree Diversity in Jalisco,
Mexico Using a Geographical Information System............................................................ 638
Efren Hernandez-Alvarez, Ph. Dr. Candidate, Department of Forest Biometrics, University of
Freiburg, Germany
Dr. Dieter R. Pelz, Professor and head of Department of Forest Biometrics, University of
Freiburg, Germany
Dr. Carlos Rodriguez Franco, International Affairs Specialist, USDA-ARS Office of International
Research Programs, Beltsville, MD
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Tree Crown Structure Indicators in a Natural Uneven-Aged Mixed Coniferous
Forest in Northeastern Mexico............................................................................................. 649
Javier Jiménez-Pérez, Oscar Aguirre-Calderón, and Horst Kramer
Development of a Transition Pathway Model Using Three Traditional Variables to
Describe the Main Structural Characteristics of a Forest Stand Type, Size, and
Density.................................................................................................................................... 655
Chad Larson
Biodiversity Conservation, Sustainable Development, and the U.S. Man and the
Biosphere Program: Past Contributions and Future Directions....................................... 663
P. N. Manley, Research Wildlife Biologist and Technical Assistant to U.S. MAB Coordinator, U.S.
Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Davis, CA
D. C. Hayes is the National Program Leader for Watershed Research and U.S. MAB Coordinator,
USDA Forest Service, Washington D.C.
The Multiple Species Inventory and Monitoring Protocol: A Population, Community,
and Biodiversity Monitoring Solution for National Forest System Lands....................... 671
P. N. Manley, Research Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station,
Davis, CA
B. Van Horne, National Wildlife Research Program Leader, U.S. Forest Service, Arlington, VA
General Direction of the National Center for Environmental Research and Training
(Cenica)................................................................................................................................... 681
A. P. Martínez Bolívar, Director of Research in Air Quality Monitoring and Analytic Characterization
of Pollutants
J. Zaragoza Ávila, O. Fentanes Arriaga and S. Hernández Millán, Direction of Research in Air Quality
Monitoring and Analytic Characterization of Pollutants, CENICA Tecamachalco/INE/SEMARNAT,
Boulevard El Pípila No. 1. Col. Lomas de Tecamachalco, C.P. 53950, Naucalpan de Juárez, Estado de
México. MEXICO
V. J. Gutiérrez Avedoy is the General Director of the CENICA, CENICA /INE/SEMARNAT, San Rafael
Atlixco No. 186 Col. Vicentina Delegación Iztapalapa, C. P. 09340 UAM-l Edificio de Ciencia y
Tecnología Ambiental “W”
Simulation Tools for Forest Health Analysis: An Application in the Red River
Watershed, Idaho................................................................................................................... 691
Andrew J. McMahan, Ecological Modeler, INTECS International, Inc., Ft. Collins, CO
Eric L Smith, Quantitative Analysis Program Manager, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team,
USDA Forest Service, Ft. Collins, CO
Integrating Fire, Climate, and Societal Factors into Decision Support for Strategic
Planning in Wildland Fire Management............................................................................. 699
Barbara J. Morehouse and Gregg Garfin, Institute for the Study of Planet Earth, University of Arizona
Timothy Brown, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV
Thomas W. Swetnam, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Wildfire Mitigation and Private Lands: Managing Long-Term Vulnerabilities.................. 706
Brian Muller, Assistant Professor, and Stacey Schulte, Doctoral Student, University of Colorado at Denver,
College of Architecture and Planning, Environmental Design Building, Boulder, CO
Temporal Tendencies of River Discharge of Five Watersheds of Northern Mexico............ 710
José Návar, Professor of Watershed Management and Forest Hydrology, Facultad de Ciencias
Forestales-UANL. Carr. Nacional km 145. Linares, N.L., México
Humberto Hernández and Julio Ríos, M.Sc. For. Studentes. Facultad de Ciencias Forestales-UANL.
Carr. Nacional km 145. Linares, N.L., México
Mitigating Wildfire Risk in the Wildland Urban Interface: The Role of Regulations........ 715
Cheryl R. Renner, Research Associate, Department of Environmental Studies, Louisiana State
University, Mandeville, LA
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Dr. Margaret Reams, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, Louisiana State
University, Baton Rouge, LA
Terry Haines, Research Forester, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, New Orleans, LA
Szendrő - type Integrated Vegetation Fire Management—Wildfire Management
Program from Hungary........................................................................................................ 723
Ágoston Restás. Fire Chief, Szendrő Fire Department, 3752 Szendrő, Hungary
Decision Support for Evaluating the U.S. National Criteria and Indicators for Forest
Ecosystem Sustainability....................................................................................................... 729
Keith M. Reynolds, research forester, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest
Research Station, Corvallis, OR
Forests on the Edge: A GIS-based Approach to Projecting Housing Development on
Private Forests....................................................................................................................... 736
Susan Stein, Private Forestland Studies Coordinator and Mike Dechter, Natural Resource Specialist,
USDA Forest Service, Cooperative Forestry, Washington, DC
Ron McRoberts and Mark Nelson, Forest Inventory and Analysis Researchers, USDA Forest Service,
North Central Research Station, St. Paul, MN
David Theobald, scientist, Natural Resource Ecology Lab, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Mike Eley, GIS Coordinator for American Farmland Trust, Washington, D.C.
Monitoring Global Crop Condition Indicators Using a Web-Based Visualization
Tool.......................................................................................................................................... 744
Bob Tetrault, Regional Commodity Analyst, and Bob Baldwin, GIS Specialist, USDA,
Foreign Agricultural Service, Washington, D.C.
Technology Innovations and Applications...............749
A Conceptual View for Advancing Monitoring and Assessment of Land Resources
in the Mexican State of Jalisco............................................................................................. 750
Celedonio Aguirre-Bravo, Research Coordinator for the Americas, Rocky Mountain Research Station,
USDA Forest Service, Fort Collins, CO
Learning Center for Advancing Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability
in the Mexican State of Jalisco............................................................................................. 755
Celedonio Aguirre-Bravo, Research Coordinator for the Americas, Rocky Mountain Research Station,
USDA Forest Service, Fort Collins, CO
Hans Schreuder, retired Mathematical Statistician, USDA Forest Service, Fort Collins, CO
A Research/Teaching Inventory and Monitoring Institute for the State of
Jalisco, Mexico....................................................................................................................... 761
Cele Aguirre Bravo and Hans T. Schreuder
The Trust Fund for the Administration of the Forest Development Program, and the
Inventory and Monitoring of Jalisco’s Natural Resources................................................ 763
Luis Artemio Alonso T.
Trace Chemical Detection through Vegetation Sentinels and Fluorescence Spectroscopy766
John E. Anderson, Robert L. Fischer, and Jean D. Nelson
Developing a Methodology to Predict Oak Wilt Distribution Using Classification
Tree Analysis.......................................................................................................................... 771
Marla C. Downing, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team, Fort Collins, CO
Vernon L. Thomas, INTECS International, Inc., Fort Collins, CO
Robin M. Reich, Department of Forest Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
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Web Services—A Buzz Word with Potentials......................................................................... 779
János T Füstös
Forest Stand Canopy Structure Attribute Estimation from High Resolution
Digital Airborne Imagery...................................................................................................... 783
Demetrios Gatziolis, Research Forester, USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station, USDA-FS,
Portland, OR
A New FIA-Type Strategic Inventory (NFI)............................................................................ 790
Richard A. Grotefendt, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Hans T. Schreuder, U.S.D.A. Retired. Formerly Mathematical Statistician USDA Rocky Mountain
Research Station, Fort Collins, CO
The Use of Open Source Software in the Global Land Ice Measurements From Space
(GLIMS) Project, and the Relevance to Institutional Cooperation.................................. 799
Christopher W. Helm is a Research Assistant at the University of Colorado, Boulder, The National
Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO
Forest Canopy Heights in Amazon River Basin Forests as Estimated with the
Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS)....................................................................... 802
E. H. Helmer, Research Ecologist, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, USDA Forest Service,
Jardín Botánico Sur, Río Piedras, PR
M. A. Lefsky, Assistant Professor, Department of Forest, Rangeland and Watershed Stewardship,
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Aerial Detection Surveys in the United States......................................................................... 809
E. W. Johnson, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region, Golden, CO
D. Wittwer, USDA Forest Service, Alaska Region, Juneau, AK
Small Area Variance Estimation for the Siuslaw NF in Oregon and Some Results............. 812
S Lin, D.Boes and H.T. Schreuder
Aerial Sketchmapping for Monitoring Forest Conditions in Southern Brazil..................... 815
Y. M. Malheiros de Oliveira , M. A. Doetzer Rosot and N.B. da Luz, researchers, Brazilian
Agricultural Research Company – Embrapa, Colombo-PR, CEP 83400-000, Brazil
W. M. Ciesla, owner, Forest Health Management International, Fort Collins, CO
E.W. Johnson, Aerial Survey Program Manager, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region,
Forest Health Protection, Denver, CO
R. Rhea, entomologist, USDA Forest Service, Southern Region, Forest Health Protection, Asheville, NC
J.F. Penteado Jr., technician and aerial observer, Brazilian Agricultural Research Company – Embrapa,
Colombo-PR, CEP 83400-000, Brazil
Naturalness as a Paradigm for Environmental Services Assessment.................................... 825
Martín Alfonso Mendoza B., Ana Lid del Angel P., and Gabriel Díaz
A Heuristic for Landscape Management................................................................................. 829
Martín Alfonso Mendoza B., FIPRODEFO, Bruselas 626 Col. Moderna, 44190 Guadalajara,
Jalisco, México
Jesús Zepeta S. and Juan José Fajardo A., Consultoría Ambiental SC, Emiliano Zapata 96,
46900 Mascota, Jalisco, México
Distributed GIS Systems, Open Specifications and Interoperability: How do They
Relate to the Sustainable Management of Natural Resources?........................................ 832
Rafael Moreno-Sanchez, Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of
Colorado at Denver, Denver, CO
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Spatial Statistical and Modeling Strategy for Inventorying and Monitoring Ecosystem
Resources at Multiple Scales and Resolution Levels.......................................................... 839
Reich, Robin M, Professor of Forest Biometry and Spatial Statistics, College of Natural Resources,
Colorado State University
Aguirre-Bravo, C., Research Coordinator for the Americas, Rocky Mountain Research Station,
USDA Forest Service
Williams, M.S., Mathematical Statistician, Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service
Statistical Strategy for Inventorying and Monitoring the Ecosystem Resources of
the State of Jalisco at Multiple Scales and Resolution Levels........................................... 850
Robin M. Reich, Professor, Forest Biometry, Colorado State University, Ft Collins, CO
Hans T. Schreuder, retired Mathematical Statistician Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA
Forest Service, USA
The FIA Panel Design and Compatible Estimators for the Components of Change........... 861
Francis A. Roesch, Mathematical Statistician, Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service,
Asheville, NC
1872 vs 2004: Mining Claim Meets the World Wide Web...................................................... 865
Edward Russell, computer scientist, Computer Terrain Mapping, Inc., Boulder, CO
Spatial Modeling of Industrial Windfall on Soils to Detect Woody Species with
Potential for Bioremediation................................................................................................ 871
S. Salazar, Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Veracruz, Carretera Federal Veracruz-Xalapa km 26.5.
Mpio. Manlio Fabio Altamirano, Veracruz, C. P. 91690
M. Mendoza, FIPRODEFO, Jalisco, México, A. L. del Angel Perez, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones
Agropecuarias, Campo Cotaxtla, Veracruz, Ver.
A. Tejeda M, Facultad de Ciencias Atmosféricas, Universidad Veracruzana. Xalapa, Ver. México
On-Line Analysis of Southern FIA Data.................................................................................. 875
Michael P. Spinney, Quantitative Forestry Analyst, and Paul C. Van Deusen, Principal Research
Scientist, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Lowell, MA
Francis A. Roesch, Mathematical Statistician, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station,
Asheville, NC
Remote Sensing, Sampling and Simulation Applications in Analyses of Insect
Dispersion and Abundance in Cotton.................................................................................. 879
J. L. Willers, Research Entomologist, J. M. McKinion, Electronics Engineer, and J. N. Jenkins, Geneticist,
USDA-ARS Genetics and Precision Agriculture Research Unit, Mississippi State, MS
Global Cooperation and Security.............................887
Planning Quality for Successful International Environmental Monitoring......................... 888
George M. Brilis and John G. Lyon, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Exposure
Research Laboratory, Las Vegas, NV
Jeffery C. Worthington, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information,
Washington, DC
Knowledge Unification Processes............................901
Strategic Planning for Sustainable Forests: The Plan Drives the Budgets Which
Drive Results.......................................................................................................................... 902
Paul Brouha, USDA Forest Service, Washington, DC
Elisabeth Grinspoon, USDA Forest Service, RPM, Portland, OR
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Implementation of the Montreal Process: An Oregon Case Study....................................... 909
J. E. Brown, Governor’s Resources Advisor, Governor’s Office, Salem, OR
Canada’s Experience in Applying C&I to Measure Progress Towards SFM—
Perspectives from the National, Regional and Local Levels.............................................. 914
John E. Hall, D. Phil (Oxon.) RPF, Science Advisor, Criteria and Indicators, Canadian Forest
Service, Natural Resources Canada
S. R. J. Bridge, Criteria & Indicators Policy Advisor, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada
Brian D. Haddon, B. Sc. F. Manager, Statistical Services, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada
Maryland’s Strategic Forest Lands Assessment—Using Indicators and Models for
Decision Support.................................................................................................................... 922
J. L. Horan, Chief of Forest Resource Planning and Analysis, Maryland DNR Forest Service,
Annapolis, MD
J. C. Wolf, GIS manager and landscape ecologist, National Park Service - Chesapeake Bay
Program, Annapolis, MD
Soil Disturbance Monitoring in the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region........ 929
Steven W. Howes, Regional Soil Scientist, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, Portland, OR
Northern Region Landbird Monitoring Program: A USFS-University of Montana
Partnership Designed to Provide Both Short-term and Long-term Feedback for
Land Managers...................................................................................................................... 936
R. Hutto, Professor and Director, Avian Science Center, Division of Biological Sciences, University of
Montana, Missoula, MT
Skip Kowalski, Wildlife Program Leader, USDA Forest Service Northern Region, Missoula, MT
The Process of Indicator Selection........................................................................................... 944
Barry R. Noon, Department of Fishery and Wildlife Biology, and Graduate Degree program in
Ecology Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Kevin S. McKelvey, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Missoula, MT
Syntheses and Recommendations............................953
Using Information and Knowledge Required In Assessment and Management
Applications for Sustainability............................................................................................. 954
Dr. Albert Abee, Planning Specialist, Ecosystem Management Coordination, National Forest
System, USDA Forest Service, Washington, DC
Condition and Trends of Ecological and Economic Systems................................................. 956
Dr. Harold Bergman, Director, William D. Ruckelshaus Institute and the School of Environment
and Natural Resources, University of Wyoming
Sidney Draggan, Ph. D., Ecologist, Senior Science and Science Policy Advisor, Office of Research
and Development, U.S. Environmental protection Agency
Problems and Issues Across Institutions and Programs......................................................... 958
Douglas Powell, National Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator, USDA Forest Service
Jim Wood, Director of Forest Resources Program, Natural Resources Canada, Pacific Forestry Centre
Toward a Unified Knowledge-based Society for Sustainability—Developing a
Synthesis on the Methodological Level................................................................................ 960
Alec A. Schaerer
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